Razor-blade holder



M. B URKE-HENNE$SY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed- April 28, 1921 nil hh cipal object to provide a holder whereby. such blades maybe usefully employed for- Patented Feb. 3, 1925.

MURIEL BURKE-HENNESSY, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

" RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

Application filed April 28, 1921. Serial No;- 465,259.

To all whom'z't may concern:

-Be it known that I; MURIEIMBURKE HEN- 'iN-ESSY,- a citizen of the United: States of America, residing at New'Rochelle, in the countyof Westchester' and Stateof New exact description.

This invention" relates to holders for safety -raz'orblades and has for its :prinvarious purposes after they are no longer usefulfor shaving.

Safety razor" blades, even those' of the types which maybe stropped, honed and a re ground', have a'limited life'so far as use in shaving is concerned. *It hasbee'n customary to discard these blades after-their use-ful 'a lication as shavin im lements' terminated. I havedevised meanswhereby *these formerly discarded blades maybe employed for a variety" ofpurposes such as: paring, cutting or-sl1c1ng vegetables and fruit ripping seams in garments; sharpening pencils cutting paper erasing "ink; scraping and 16II1OVlI1g-'P&lnt'f-IOH1 wood and other surfacesetc. Other objects and i. advantages will appear as the invention is hereinafter disclosed.

"-Referring to the drawings which disclose.

-what I now consider preferred forms of the I invention Fig. 1 1s a side view of one form :01 used blade holderillustrating theme of aused. blade 'ofthe Durham Duplex type, one

part of the holder being shown in section.

1 Fig. 2is a View of the opposite side of the'holdershown' in Fig. 1 and showing a blade of the GiIlette -type mounted there- Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 2, but partly in section and illustrating a slight modification and also a blade of the .Ever Readytype mounted in theholder.

Fig. 4: is a view of the blankfromwhich "the body portion of the holder is constructed.

Figs. 5, 6 aresections on the lines 55 rlfig. 7:.is; a section on thQhllI1G-7-.-7' of Fig.3. F The .:'holder ..illustrated in. the drawings comprises a bodymportionuandua member rwhichztelescopes therewithtoform a. smooth York, have invented certain new and use-i. -1"ul Improvements in Razor-Blade Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and" gripping pontiontfandv to .hold the razor blade or blades in (position. The body portion 10 maybe constructed fromthe blank shown in Fig. ebyplacing a reinforcingprod or strip llalong the center lineand then bending the blank up around this rod. Thefiaps 12 .andw13 will thenv assume the positions shown in. Figs. 1 to 3.1 will be noted that the blankis .slit atlexaiid-cut away at 15 and the purpose ofth-ese fieatures will appear hereinafter. The small vendwflaps 16 are bent (on thedotted illHGS-ZShOWILlIl Fig. 4). around to lie flatagainst theiexterior oi the flap .13 as shownmin Fig.1. That part of the body portion 10 which lies between thezslit 14k .andthenearest end of the body portion is' 'formedto-receive arbla'de 17 of vthe Durhamuduplex type. Fig. 5 clear- ,ber 18 .to receive the blade; .-17w.hen the parts-1O and 18 are assembled :asshown in Fig. 1. It will be seen'that theopera-t-or may .grip the lower portion otithenow complete holder and use the implement in the samemanner as a paring knife is employed.

Or, the device may be -.utilized'z for other purposes some "of which have'been above enumerated. The parts 10,017 and 18 are easy to assemble. Aa-blade' .17 is simply slipped intoposition between the side flaps 12:and 13 lot; the body portion 10,.the member 18 is telescoped. over the edge of the "body portion andxslid endwise until the blade 17 is forced against :the inner wall of the curved end 20. The blarledsthen securely held in position by =vir-tue of the curvature of .the end 20 and 'the shoulder at 19 on=themember 18. The operation to reverse a-blade or to substitute audifi'erent blade will be apparent to those skilled in the art in View of the foregoing disclosure. Razor blades of other types may be mounted in the upper end of the holder. For example blades of the Gillette type may be employed, as indicated in Fig. 2 at 17.

A preferred construction of the mid portion of the holder is indicated in Figs. 1 and 6. That. portion of the flap 13 which lies between the slit 14 and cut-away portion 15 is in quite close contact with the opposite flap 12, especially at its outer edge. Furthermore the flap 12 is preferably cut. away as indicated at 21 to accommodate a modified form of member 18, more specifically described in connection with Fig. 3.

The opposite end of the holder is especially designed to receive and hold a razor blade 23 of the Ever Ready type, i. e. a blade provided with a backing or reinforcing strip 22. As shown more clearly in Fig. 7 the parts of flaps 12 and 13 which lie between the cut out portion 15 and the end 24- of the holder are so shaped as to provide a pocket 25 to receive and grip the strip 22, the flaps being bent in at more nearly to grip the blade portion 23. The blade 28 may be mounted in the body portion of the holder by inserting one end of the strip 22 into the cut-out l5 and then forcing it endwise between the flaps 12 and 13 until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 3. The member 18 may then be placed in position with its slit receiving the blade.

The invention is susceptible to modification in various respects. For example instead of employing a member 18 of the design shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a member such as the one illustrated in Fig. 3 may be utilized. This member 26 is also U-shaped in cross-section but is slit at both ends, i. e. from the point 27 to the adjacent end and from the point 28 to the end adjacent the latter. The member 26 is shown curved in at 29 to conform to the curvature of the edge portion 21 (see Fig. 1) and to form an effective grip for the hand, when the operator prefers a short grip on the implement.

The flaps 12 and 13 are preferably so biased toward each other that, by virtue of the inherent resiliency of the metal of which they are composed, they exert a frictional gripping pressure on the blades 17, 17* and It will be appreciated that I have provided a useful, effective though inexpensive device for using old, formerly discarded razor blades for any of the purposes above set forth.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiments thereof, but I desire to have it understood naaaese that the apparatus disclosed is only illus trative and that the invention can be carried out by other means. Also while it is designed to use the various features and elements in the combinations and relations described, some of these may be altered and others omitted and certain of the features of each modification may be embodied in the others without interfering with the more general results and effects outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

What I claim is 1. A. holder for razor blades comprising in combination, a body portion which is substantially U-shaped in cross-section to form a pocket into which a razor blade may be inserted and from which a razor blade may be readily removed, said pocket being of such depth that a sharp edge of a blade mounted herein projects beyond the open side of the U-shaped section, an abutment on said body portion against which the outer end of a blade mounted in said pocket engages, and means comprising a member substantially U-shaped in cross-section and adapted to receive and telescope with said body portion to hold the outer end of a blade against said abutment with a sharp edge of the blade exposed for use.

2. A holder for razor blades comprising in combination, a body portion which is substantially U-shaped in cross section and adapted to receive a blade, and a member also substantially U-shaped in cross section and adapted to telescope with the body portion to form a handle, said body portion and member being provided with coacting means to engage the opposite ends of a blade to hold the blade between said body portion and member with the blade edge in exposed position.

A holder for razor blades comprising in combination, a body portion having a blade-receiving pocket closed at one end, and means comprising a detachable member substantially U-shaped in cross section adapted to receive and telescope with said body portion for holding a blade between the closed end of said pocket and said member with a sharp edge of the blade exposed for use.

i. A holder for razor blades comprising in combination, a body portion which is substantially U-shaped in cross-section to form a pocket into which a razor blade may be inserted and from which a razor blade may be readily removed, said pocket being of suchdepth that a sharp edge of a blade mounted therein projects beyond the open side of the U-shaped section, an abutment on said body portion against which the outer end of a blade mounted in said pocket engages, and means comprising a member su stantially ll-shaped in cross-section adapted to receive and telescope with said body porliv tion and to engage the inner end of a blade to hold the outer end thereof against said abutment with a sharp edge of the blade exposed for use, said U-shaped body portion and U-shaped member cooperating to form the handle of a knife of which the exposed edge of the blade constitutes the cutting portion, the opposite edges of the handle 

